07/19/2025: < /strong>The Secret History of Bigfoot : Field Notes on a North America n Monster by John O'Connor
\n"Bigfoot is an instantly recogniza ble figure. Through the decades\, this elusive primate has been featured i n movies and books\, on coffee mugs\, beer koozies\, car polish\, and CBD oil. Which begs the question: what is it about Bigfoot that's caught hold of our imaginations? Journalist and self-diagnosed skeptic John O'Connor i s fascinated by Sasquatch. \;Curious to learn more\, he embarks on a q uest through the North American wilds in search of Bigfoot\, its myth and meaning. Alongside an eccentric cast of characters\, he explores the zany and secretive world of "cryptozoology\," tracking Bigfoot through ancient folklore to Harry and the Hendersons\, while examining the forces behind o ur ever-widening belief in the supernatural. As O'Connor treks through the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest\, listens to firsthand accounts \, and attends Bigfoot conventions\, he's left wondering--what happens whe n the lines between myth and reality blur? Perfect for fans of Bill Bryson and Douglas Preston\, and with sharp wit and an adventurous spirit\, this heartfelt exploration of a cornerstone of American folklore unpacks why w e believe in the things that we do\, what that says about us\, and how it shapes our world"
\nAvailable on Hoopla (ebook &\; eAudiobook)\, Libby (ebook &\; eAudiobook)\, and in print.
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8/16/2025: Fa hrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
\nNearly seventy years after its o riginal publication\, Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel \ ;Fahrenheit 451 \;stands as a classic of world literature set in a ble ak\, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the \;most ill egal of commodities\, the printed book\, along with the houses in which th ey are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce\, returning each day to his bland life and wife\, Mildred\, who s pends all day with her television "family." But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor\, Clarisse\, who introduces him to a past where people did n't live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ide as in books instead of the mindless chatter of television\, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known
\nAvailable on Hoopla (eAudiobook) \;and in print.
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9/20/2025: Extinct ion by Douglas Preston
\nErebus Resort\, occupying a magnificent \, hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies\, offers gues ts the experience of viewing woolly mammoths\, Irish Elk\, and giant groun d sloths in their native habitat\, brought back from extinction through th e magic of genetic manipulation. When a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered in \;the Erebus back country by what is as sumed to be a gang of eco-terrorists\, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Ag ent Frances Cash partners with county sheriff James Colcord to track down the perpetrators. As killings mount and the valley is evacuated\, Cash and Colcord must confront an ancient\, intelligent\, and malevolent presence at Erebus\, bent not on resurrection--but extinction
\nAvailable on Libby (ebook &\; eAudiobo ok) and in print.
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